Pierce Pumpers Are the Apparatus of Choice with Scottsdale, Arizona
Fire Department

Latest purchases include four Impel PUC pumpers now in service; two
more on order

December 09, 2014 09:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time

APPLETON, Wis.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Pierce Manufacturing, an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) company,
recently placed four Pierce® Impel™ pumpers on duty with the Scottsdale
Fire Department (SFD) in Scottsdale, Arizona. In addition, SFD has
purchased two more Impel pumpers that will be delivered in April 2015.
All six utilize the Pierce Ultimate Configuration (PUC) pump system. In
total, SFD now has 23 Pierce apparatus in service or on order for
delivery.

“Pierce offers the industry’s widest selection of custom chassis, each
one with capabilities and technologies to meet the unique needs of fire
departments like Scottsdale,” said Jim Johnson, Oshkosh Corporation
executive vice president and president, Fire & Emergency. “The Impel
chassis, combined with the PUC pump system, maximizes compartment space,
performance and value. We’re extremely pleased to have these newest PUC
pumpers join the SFD fleet.”

“Our first Pierce PUC pumper was purchased in 2008. We carefully
evaluated our apparatus specs at that time because of the many
advantages the PUC offered our department,” said SFD Battalion Chief
Chris Schibi, leader of the department’s apparatus purchasing committee.
“The Impel chassis and PUC combination is an excellent fit for our
department, and we’ve had positive feedback and input from firefighters
to help us refine the apparatus specs over the years.”

SFD is an “all hazards” department that provides municipal fire
protection, out-of-hospital emergency medical services, wildland
firefighting, hazardous materials response, technical rescue response
and more. The department’s protection district includes a large urban
interface that borders 24,000 acres of pristine desert land popular with
hikers from around the world.

Pierce dealer, Hughes Fire Equipment, provides local service and
support. Visit www.hughesfire.com
for more information.

About Pierce Manufacturing

Pierce Manufacturing Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) company,
is the leading North American manufacturer of custom fire apparatus.
Products include custom and commercial pumpers, aerials, rescue trucks,
wildland trucks, minipumpers, elliptical tankers, and homeland security
apparatus. In addition, Pierce designs its own foam systems and was the
first company to introduce frontal airbags and the Side Roll Protection
system to fire apparatus. To learn more about Pierce, visit www.piercemfg.com.

About Oshkosh Corporation

Oshkosh Corporation is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of
a broad range of specialty access equipment, commercial, fire &
emergency and military vehicles and vehicle bodies. Oshkosh Corporation
manufactures, distributes and services products under the brands of
Oshkosh®, JLG®, Pierce®,McNeilus®,
Jerr-Dan®, Frontline™, CON-E-CO®, London®
and IMT®. Oshkosh products are valued worldwide in businesses
where high quality, superior performance, rugged reliability and
long-term value are paramount. For more information, log on to www.oshkoshcorporation.com.

®, TM All brand names referred to in this news release are
trademarks of Oshkosh Corporation or its subsidiary companies.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains statements that the Company believes to be
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than
statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, statements
regarding the Company’s future financial position, business strategy,
targets, projected sales, costs, earnings, capital expenditures, debt
levels and cash flows, and plans and objectives of management for future
operations, are forward-looking statements. When used in this press
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thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology are generally
intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to
risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, some of which are
beyond the Company’s control, which could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. These factors include the cyclical nature of the Company’s
access equipment, commercial and fire & emergency markets, which are
particularly impacted by the pace of U.S. and European economic
recoveries; the strength of emerging market growth and projected
adoption rate of work at height machinery; the expected level and timing
of DoD and international defense customer procurement of products and
services and funding thereof; risks related to reductions in government
expenditures in light of U.S. defense budget pressures, sequestration
and an uncertain DoD tactical wheeled vehicle strategy, including the
Company’s ability to successfully manage the cost reductions required as
a result of lower customer orders in the defense segment; the Company’s
ability to win a U.S. Joint Light Tactical Vehicle production contract
award; the Company’s ability to increase prices to raise margins or
offset higher input costs; increasing commodity and other raw material
costs, particularly in a sustained economic recovery; risks related to
facilities consolidation and alignment, including the amounts of related
costs and charges and that anticipated cost savings may not be achieved;
the duration of the ongoing global economic uncertainty, which could
lead to additional impairment charges related to many of the Company’s
intangible assets and/or a slower recovery in the Company’s cyclical
businesses than Company or equity market expectations; risks related to
the collectability of receivables, particularly for those businesses
with exposure to construction markets; the cost of any warranty
campaigns related to the Company’s products; risks related to production
or shipment delays arising from quality or production issues; risks
associated with international operations and sales, including foreign
currency fluctuations and compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act; the Company’s ability to comply with complex laws and regulations
applicable to U.S. government contractors; the impact of severe weather
or natural disasters that may affect the Company, its suppliers or its
customers; the impact of cyber security risk and costs of defending
against, mitigating and responding to a data security breach; and risks
related to the Company’s ability to successfully execute on its
strategic road map and meet its long-term financial goals. Additional
information concerning these and other factors is contained in the
Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press
release. The Company assumes no obligation, and disclaims any
obligation, to update information contained in this press release.
Investors should be aware that the Company may not update such
information until the Company’s next quarterly earnings conference call,
if at all.

Contacts

Oshkosh CorporationFinancial:Patrick DavidsonVice
President of Investor Relations920.966.5939orMedia:John
DaggettVice President of Communications920.233.9247

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